Registering stamp-canceler.



UNITED STATES PATENT @ENCEo MCIIENRY JENKINS AND JAMES R. VAUGHN, OFVALNUT SHADE, TENNESSEE.

REGISTERING STAM P-l-CANCELER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 646,541, dated April 3,1900. Application iled November 1.1899. Serial No. 735,505. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that we, MOHENRY JENxrNs and JAMES R. VAUGHN, citizens ofthe United States, residing at Walnut Shade, in the county of Macon andState of Tennessee, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inRegistering Stamp-Cancelers, and we do declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

Our invention relates to registering stampcancelers and postinarkers;and the object is to provide a simple, convenient, and efficient deviceof this character.

To this end the invention consists in the construction, combination, andarrangement of the several elements of the device, as will behereinafter more fully described, and particularly pointed out in theclaim.

In the accompanying drawings the same reference characters indicate thesame parts of the device.

Figurel is a front elevation of our improved stamp-cancelen Fig. 2 is alongitudinal section taken on the line of the indicator-shaft. Fig. 3 isa similar View taken at a right angle to said indicator-shaft. Fig. 4 isa side elevation of the registering mechanism and its casein sectionremoved from the stamp. Fig. 5 is a detail view of the planetarygearing.

Referring more particularly to Fig. 2, ct denotes the handle or outercase, which is preferably made of wood or any other suitable material,and it is provided at its lower end with the stamp-canceling die a andthe postmark-die a2. Its enlarged central portion is formed with apocket b for the insertion of the registering-mechanism case b and alsowith a central longitudinal guide-recess c, extending from the lateralpocket b through the upper end of the handle ct and being of unequaldiameter, thus forming the shoulder d, which is adapted to receive thespiral spring e. lVithin said guide-recess c is located a plunger f,adapted to move loosely therein, audit is provided with a shoulder g,supported by the spiral spring c and also provided with a lateral pin h,which extends through the longitudinal slot t in the handle to limit themovement of the plunger. Fixed to the lower end of the plunger is aspring-pawl 7, which engages the ratchet-shaped teeth on the wheel l,loosely mounted on the shaft t, and 2l denotes a spriug-pawl carried bythe toothed wheel Z, which engages the smaller ratchet-shaped-toothedwheel m, lfixed on the shaft t. A pinion o is also fixed to the shaft t,and it meshes with an idler t, mount'- ed on the diametrical brace g,which idler t" in turn meshes with an internal tooth-gear r, fixed onthe sleeve s, loosely mounted on the shaft t and extending through thedialplate 3, and whose outer end carries the indicator-hand 4. Aratchet-wheel u is also fixed to the sleeve s, and a spring-pawl 5,fixed to the case, engages the -ratcheewheel u to prevent back movementof the indicator-hand. A milled-head button 'u is fixed to theprojecting end of the shaft to conveniently set the indicator-hand atZero when desired.

For ordinary purposes the stamp may be used without registering, and forthis purpose it is used in the same manner as the ordinary hand cancelerand dater 5 but when used as a register the handle is grasped bythehand, with the thumb `or forefinger resting on the plunger f, and eachtime a piece of mail is stamped the plunger descends and registersthrough the gearing fr t" o and indicator-hand 4lon the dial.

When it is desirable to keep a register of each two-cent stamp canceled,the plunger is pressed downward for each two-cent stamp canceled. p

Whilethe gears employed in our improved construction of registeringstamp-canceler and postmarker combined might be changed as to the exactnumber employed and the number of teeth in each gear might be variedwithout materially departing from the character of the invention, yet wehave presented our invention in the form best known to us to render thedevice accurate and reliable in operation.

Having thus fully described our invention, what We claim as new anduseful, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, isg

In a registering stamp-canceler, the combination with the outer caseprovided at its lower end with the stamp-canceling die cd,

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on the shaft 't extending through the dielplate 3; substantially as andfor the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof We have hereunto set our hands in presence of twosubscribing witnesses.`

MCI-HENRY JENKINS. JAMES R. VAUGHN.

Witnesses T. W. DAVIS, T. ML. GILLENWATERS.

